by priyatham | Oct 22, 2017 | Prescription Advisory Blog
Medscape’s Robert Lowes recently published an article detailing opioids’ prominent role in medication malpractice claims. Much of the press around the opioid crisis covers the deaths, hospitalizations, and substance use disorder problems. All of these can...
by priyatham | Oct 22, 2017 | Featured News
Opioid analgesics have a way of getting physicians as well as patients into trouble. These painkillers account for more medical-malpractice claims related to drug errors than any other drug class, according to a new study released today by the medical liability...
by priyatham | Aug 22, 2017 | Featured News
Jenkintown, PA – August 22, 2017 – PastRx, a clinical decision support service that’s fight substance abuse, today announced a partnership with athenahealth, Inc. through athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program. As part of the athenahealth® Marketplace,...
by priyatham | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured News
Patients with opioid use disorder are much more likely than the general population to have a host of other health conditions, including hepatitis C, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety. That’s according to a new analysis from health care company Amino, which...
by priyatham | Jun 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
The AMA recently reported that PDMP checks rose to 136m last year, and that’s a step in the right direction. But, using recent annual data, we had more than 900m patient encounters and over 4 billion prescriptions were filled. Even if we assume all 136m checks...